Music methods and systems
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1. A method of altering a music signal to steganographically insert plural bits of watermark data therein, the method comprising:
- steganographically inserting, using a processor, at least a first group of the plural bits for benefit of an end-user of the music signal by imperceptibly altering audible attributes of the music signal;
inserting a second group of bits different than the first for benefit of an artist whose music is encoded by the music data;
inserting a third group of bits different than the first two for benefit of a distributor of the music data; and
storing in a registry accessible to the end-user an association between information about the music data and at least a portion of the plural bits.
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Abstract
The disclosure details a variety of applications of steganographic encoding and decoding of auxiliary information in physical and media objects. In particular, digital watermarks embedded in media content are used to initiate automated transactions associated with the content and to link creative content with information or transactions.
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1. A method of altering a music signal to steganographically insert plural bits of watermark data therein, the method comprising:
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steganographically inserting, using a processor, at least a first group of the plural bits for benefit of an end-user of the music signal by imperceptibly altering audible attributes of the music signal; inserting a second group of bits different than the first for benefit of an artist whose music is encoded by the music data; inserting a third group of bits different than the first two for benefit of a distributor of the music data; and storing in a registry accessible to the end-user an association between information about the music data and at least a portion of the plural bits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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